So what are your colours?

How sad is that? Am I alone in this?

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It's - only a bit sad. Keep all the receipts, drink a lot of vodka and take it all back to the shops and exchange it for green and mulberry and a lighter grey... And ditch the brown singlet - it just isn't you....

No, but seriously if you love it, it's fine...

I used to have that problem a lot. After getting some internal issues sorted out I've rediscovered my sometime like of purple (shirts only), and I have a few colors that are light but I wanted the design; everything else I like is all blacks, grays, and reds, so you're not alone.

...And black goes with everything

I like colors. I tend to go with dark pants, but I always like bright colors (no prints) for my tops.

Well, it's got to do with skin tone and hair colour. My wardrobe also has a limited... maybe not colours but types of strength in colour. I work well in certain types of greens and browns.

My wife's also a make-up artist, so if I screw up, she lets me know. I treat it like I treat my writing. Work on it until its good enough to show the world.

I'll wear black until there is a darker colour. I have had bright orange hair and this limits the colours I can wear. Growing it out now - but I'll still wear black. I do have some turquoise and green tops - but I wear them under black cardis.

Green, purple, and anything bright. I'm a little ray of sunshine on this clouded rock.

I like turtles

Sweetleaf said:

Or any psych experts, dying to tell me this means I'm just a neurotic shut-in?

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If your psych expert show up, maybe he can explain to me why I insist on wearing navy blue scrubs even though the rest of my department wears sea foam green/hospital issue and why I also must have navy socks and navy shoes but the longsleeved shirts I wear underneath have to be bright greens and pinks and purples. I'm sure there is some underlying inner vs. outer issue there.

For what it's worth, Kaylea, I would prefer the navy blue scrubs also. Your longsleeved shirt is your dash of color against a suitable background. Classy.

Sweetleaf, most of the clothes I wear every day are either black, dark green, or dark blue. I do have a yellow, a couple brown, a cream, a purple, and a white t-shirt (shirt.woot.com I am addicted. lol!) But mostly I wear the dark blue or black ones. The lighter ones get dirty too easily and I live on a farm so that has to do with some of my choices. You have children. I wonder how much of your color choices are due to knowing anything lighter will wind up showing little fingerprints two seconds after you put it on.

Since you have noticed this now, try putting a little bit of color on your dark palette, the way Kaylea does. Scarves, pins, shirts... these things are easy to change out. It is a good way to introduce more intense colors into your life without overwhelming yourself. You will find soon enough if you like it.

I used to always buy black. Black everything. It was kind of limiting, so I've been making an effort for the last year to buy coloured clothing. I like bright clothes, I just never buy them.

I wear a lot of black.

My favorite color is black, and that's the color I wear most often. Almost all of my clothes are mostly black or white. I'm not a color person.

I'm brown, slightly darker where the sun doesn't reach.

Or so I've been told.

First there came the color gold,
To show the world that we are bold.
Then there came the color red,
To show the world the blood we shed.
Then there came the color green,
To show the world that we are mean.
Then there came the color blue,
To show the world that we are true.

Blue, black, and gray -- or green -- suit me fine, unless I'm in a brown mood. But I am sometimes pretty colorful because most of my clothes are second-hand and they have to fit.

I wear grey or black, with at least SOMETHING colourful - usually a scarf, because, y'know, EVERY teenager should look like a dippy English teacher.

Oh, and black leggings. I seriously wear them every day and am SO glad they're in fashion... so easy to put on!

My wardrobe is a rainbow ... of various shades of purple. So is my jewellery. And my accessories. It's become kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy now, because everybody gets me purple things.

Turquoise, lilac, purple, and every possible shade of blue. I hate black, which is ubiquitous in this country, but I've had so many funerals recently that I've had to make a concerted effort to add black items to my wardrobe (winter and summer), which is rather depressing.

My Favorite color is Red

I also love and wear a lot of Purple, Blue, and Green

Color makes me happy!

I wear more than my fair share of black, but during the warmer months I veer towards colors, particularly bright ones. Rarely pink, however, and never green. I own a lot of sundresses, all in pretty colors, and a couple in white. Most of my t-shirts are white, too, for some reason.

Today, I wore a bright blue dress.

My absolute favorite 'color' on me and to wear is grey (I'm auburn-haired). Especially if it's fuzzy for the winter. Ummmm.

But folks think it's dreary so I wear tons of colors. I like most all of them (to look at more than wear, tho), but I'm secretly wishing I could be grey and fuzzy all the time With tall boots, darnit.

Even my eyes are grey more than half the time (green other times).

No, I wear a lot of blue and black as well. Those colors look good on me. I've got some teals and turquoises in there, too. I do have a few warm-toned articles of clothing, but not many.

I can't wear light colors or very bright, vibrant colors -- my skin is really pale, to the point that you can actually see all the veins under the surface of my skin when I am unclothed. So really bright colors tend to make my complexion look splotchy. Dark colors for me, especially blues.

I love black, gray and white, but I like colours too. Like right now I have this khaki crochet sweater on with a gray tank and denim skirt. I have a couple skirts with colour in them (I like blues and reds), but pretty much everything I have is black, white or gray (save for my jeans).

So no, you're not alone.